The $5.9 billion project includes levees, home elevations, and drainage upgrades, marking Louisiana’s largest investment in ...

Since then, every generation of settlers to the region has attempted to control the river by building levees, or protective, raised embankments, alongside it. Prior to 1882, Mississippi Delta ...

Over the years, the Chinese have tried to control the Yellow River by building higher levees, digging channels and building dams. Dams have tended to be the most helpful in controlling floods ...

Building these bonfires is a weeks-long process ... capturing the moment as the glow stretches across the levee, lighting the way for Papa Noël. For locals and visitors alike, the levee bonfires ...